Union Home Minister Amit Shah Friday announced that another organisation linked to the Hurriyat in Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Mass Movement, had “shunned” separatism and is now “resting trust in the constitution”.
With this, the total number of Hurriyat linked organisations moving away from “secessionism” is up to 12, he said.
In a post on X, Shah said, “Under the Modi govt the spirit of unity rules J&K. Another Hurriyat affiliate organisation, Jammu and Kashmir Mass Movement, has rejected separatism, declaring complete commitment to the unity of Bharat. I sincerely welcome their move. Till now as many as 12 Hurriyat-linked organisations have broken off from secessionism, resting trust in the Constitution of India. This is a victory of PM Shri @narendramodi Ji’s vision for Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat.”
In an affidavit, Fareeda Behenji, chairperson of the Jammu and Kashmir Mass Movement (JKMM), has stated that “my organisation as well as I have no connection or affiliation with either APHC (G) or APHC (A) or any of their constituents or any other entity pursuing separatist or similar such agenda”.
The APHC (G) stands for the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (Geelani) and APHC (A) is the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (Ansari).
The affidavit also states that “my organisation and I do not have any inclination or sympathy for the ideology of APHC, which has not been able to address the legitimate aspirations and grievances of people of Jammu and Kashmir”. The JKMM is a small woman led separatist group in the valley.
Earlier this week, while the Home Minister was on his J&K visit, he had made a similar announcement about three organisations — Jammu Kashmir Islamic Political Party, Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Democratic League, and Kashmir Freedom Front — dissociating themselves from the Hurriyat.
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The three organisations, though little known, had issued similar statements about the Hurriyat.
Meanwhile, authorities did not allow Mirwaiz Umar Farooq to leave his residence to lead Friday prayers at Srinagar’s Jamia Masjid Friday, while a meeting of the Mutahida Majlis Ulema (MMU) regarding the recent Waqf Amendment Act was also not allowed to take place at his residence.
However, Mirwaiz claimed that the MMU’s resolution “rejecting” the Waqf Act and a demand for its withdrawal “were read out in all major mosques, khanqahs, shrines, and imambaras throughout the Kashmir Valley, Chenab region, Jammu, Leh, and Kargil”.
The Peoples Democratic Party too held a protest against the law in Srinagar.
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